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- Frankie “Musclehead” Manning, a Harlem dancer and Tony Award-winning choreographer widely celebrated as one of the pioneers of the Lindy Hop, a breathlessly acrobatic swing dance style of the 1930s and ‘40s, died April 27 at New York City’s Lenox Hill Hospital of pneumonia. He was 94.
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Manning died one month before his 95th birthday. His planned birthday celebration was recast as Frankie 95, a celebration of Manning's life, and drew more than 2,000 people from 33 countries. [12] Proceeds from the five-day Frankie 95 celebration were used to create the Frankie Manning Foundation.
- Frankie Manning, Cynthia R. Millman
- 2007
Frankie passed away on April 27th, 2009, just before Frankie’s 95th Birthday Festival, which was recast as a tribute to a man who was beloved by swing dancers the world over. Frankie 100 drew upwards of 2,500 people to New York City from 47 countries.
Apr 28, 2009 · He was 94 and lived in Corona, Queens. His death was announced by his companion, Judy Pritchett. Excelling in what quickly became first America’s and then the world’s most popular participatory...
Apr 28, 2009 · He was 94. The effortlessly nimble Manning was a star attraction of Harlem’s Savoy ballroom and brought to swing dance a flair for the theatrical that helped catapult the Lindy Hop from...
Apr 28, 2009 · April 28, 2009 12 AM PT. Frankie “Musclehead” Manning, a Harlem dancer and Tony Award-winning choreographer widely celebrated as one of the pioneers of the Lindy Hop, a breathlessly acrobatic swing...
Deborah Huisken and others compiled rich storytelling and history about Frankie Manning, the swing era, and the swing revival in this book.
Sep 25, 2015 · Frankie Manning was one of the originators of the lindy hop at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, and he later played a pivotal role in the swing dance revival, when young dancers sought him out to learn the art of lindy hop. Mr. Manning, who passed away in 2009, left behind an extensive dance legacy, as well as